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My fiftieth birthday is looming. In about two and a half weeks, I’ll be half a century old. This has been weighing on me a bit. Usually, I don’t think twice about getting older. I feel like the lessons I’ve learned over the years have been well-received and that God has always blessed me with…
Years ago, I wrote my first book, In the Wash: The Rona Shively Stories. At the time, I was married, and my daughter was about two years old. I was experiencing severe depression and I just didn’t know where my life was headed. The only positive things I had going for me were my daughter…
When I was growing up, my world revolved around my mother. We spent lots of time together while my father was on the road working his construction business. Much of the time, it was just Mom and me. I can remember the smell of our house after Mom had gotten out her cleaning supplies and…
In all honesty, it has become increasingly difficult to be able to say this. I know where God has been with me. I know what He has done for me. I’m probably the last person who would have a right to question God about anything. But lately, I’ve been feeling deeply pressed about all of…
That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. ~Romans 4:17 NLT~ I used to watch the popular television series, Star Trek: …
Where You go, I’ll go Where You stay, I’ll stay When You move, I’ll move I will follow You. Chris Tomlin~I Will Follow I often think about the words to this song and wonder if I could be that devoted to my God. I claim that I am and I certainly want to be; but…
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. ~Proverbs 25:28 NKJV~ I used to carry myself like a tough girl…always cussing people out and daring anyone to call me out of my name. I was angry about everything and I wanted to make sure that everyone knew…
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. ~Matthew 5:13 NIV~ There are those who cannot function in our society unless they are looking at things from…
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ~ Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV~ For a long time, I read this Scripture…
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A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. ~Luke 7:37 NIV~ I used to wonder sometimes, will there ever be a time when I don’t feel like this woman? Having come through a long…
Leading the Follower 